Window or transom corner-post and bar.



Patnted rah. 13,1900.-

J.-W. CUULSON. WINDOW 0R TRANSOM CORNER POST AND BAR.

(Application filed Nov. 18. 1899.)

un Model.)

IIIIIII lllllllllallil mmvrofi JZZn W. oulson ATTORNEY TH; r ipmus PETERS ca, FHOTO-LITHO, WASHINGTON n c ra'rns NITFD JOHN T. OOULSON, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

WINDOW OR TRANSOM CORNER-POST AND BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,347, dated February 13, 1900.

Application filed November 13, 189 9. Serial No. 736,729. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN W. CoULsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at C0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Window or Transom Corner-Posts and Bars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of window and transom corner-posts and bars; and the objects of my invention are to provide an improved construction of window corner-posts for the support and joining of the adjacent edges of window-glass plates and to adapt the same for the support and joining of window and transom glass plates, to so construct my improved joining and supporting post or bar as to admit of the glass plates being inserted and secured therein from the outer side of the window-frame, to admit of the employment of acomparatively narrow and.light-appearing post and atthe same time provide a connection of the glass plates which shall be of desirable strength and rigidity, and to produce other improvements in details of construction,which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a transverse section of one of my improved posts, showing the portions of glass plates connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a similar section of a transom-bar, and Fig. 3 is a detail View in perspective of a portion of one of said corner-posts with portions of the glass .plates connected therewith.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The corner-post herein shown and hereinafter describedis particularly designed for the purpose of uniting show window glass plates, and in carrying out my invention I employ a vertical post 1 of suitable wood, which is provided on opposing sides with angular recesses, such as are indicated at 2. In constructing the post 1 the outer face thereof or that face which is on the outer side of the Window may be of rounded form (indicated in Figs 1 and 3) or of other desired contour, or the same may be suitably ornamented or covered. The inner vertical face of the post 1 is preferably horizontal or flat. In order to strengthen and impart the desired rigidity to the comparatively light post 1, I form centrally in said post a vertical saw-cut 3, which extends from the rear side of said post to a point in the forward portion thereof, and into this saw-cut or recess I insert the Web or tongue portion P of a vertically-arranged T- iron 4, the head of the latter bearing in a correspondingly-shaped recess in the rear side of the post 1 and having its outer surface flush with said post-surface. The T iron or bar thus introduced into said post is firmly secured therein through the medium of screws 5, which pass through the head of said strengthening-bar and enter the wooden post 1 in the manner indicated in Fig. 1. The glass plates the edges of which are to be joined and which are indicated at 6 are adapted to have their adjacent edge portions inserted, as shown, in the angular recesses 2 of the post until they abut against the inner shoulders formed by the production of said recesses. The angular space between the glass plates and the outer recess-shoulders of the post are then filled by quarter-round wooden strips 7, which preferably form continuations of the rounded outer surface of said post.

The fil1ing-strips 7 are by means of nails 8 firmly secured in their positions.

From the construction above described it will be seen that a neat and comparatively narrow and light-appearing corner-post may be employed in show-window construction, which through the combination therewith of the metallic T-bar will be rendered strong and durable, and it will also be observed that by my construction the placing of the glass in the window-frame is facilitated through the fact that said glass may be inserted therein from the outer side of the window.

Although I have shown the angular recesses 2 in the post 1 immediately opposite each other and of corresponding form and size, it is obvious that the character and exact location of these angular recesses must be governed by the desired relative arrangement of the glass plates which are secured therein.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings I have shown a cross-section of a transom-bar having my improvements. In this construction it will be observed that the transom-bar, which is indicated at 9, is provided on opposite sides with angular recesses 10, within which are adapted to bear the adjacent edges of the transomplate 6 and the Window-plate 6. The transom-bar is reinforced 0r strengthened in the manner prescribed for the Window-post by the employment of the T-iron which is indicated at 4 and which corresponds with the T- iron 4.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a Window-post or trans0rn-bar, the combination with a post or bar of wood having recessed sides, of a metallic T-bar having its web or tongue portion inserted within a corresponding recess of said post or bar and having its head portion abutting against the inner side of said post or bar and filling-strips adapted to be secured in said angular recesses,

I substantially as set forth.

JOHN W. COULSON. In presence of- O. O. SHEPHERD, A. L. PHELPS. 

